Telegram-herald., 1887-11-27
LIE II JERlSALEM


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llaa, 1lases aad gictslees are utterly e.
e.st.s.l. f.ia single exception ~ this rule a
ar e,i,lesfrlaa status % hsaefnet Al N The
gre4~ ssllzr1 ~ Alsxanll4ia u Egypt, znd
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rossd On tas srcuuds thai lt might oecunls
O. slIls 81 lh- People aa oblect of -Crshlp.
'+ibs Christ.4ns ID Jerusalem are IN STATE
or blltsf seet4yian eealiCG They are nog
-greod among Themselves as q tho sacred
s-tas. and they nave I4ors than once eons u
tiooLsaad u zeIlnr tagsthsr Ia the celebra~
sion ~ scfne II ths Christian festivals Ia
TIE Caves das Nativity az Bethlsbeni. Whers
Eiser ssaF ia the pavement marks the place
va-ro oCr Lcrd IS believed - have besn
born. . Mana-lme,laa soldier of ths
Tnrkish array stands always with loaded
ulas1et g. keep ths Christian w0rshipsrs
frum s.ayus each ether Ia tho
Church q the Holy Sepulcher, In Jertl-
salem. The traveler notices at once a group of
Turkish officials - 20 have - interest in the
place aud spend theiF time smoking and
dr-akiny coffee and chatting With ea.h other,
bus whose pre1ence = nessied 20 keep the
rlo0-s frcm actual warfare AT the time Of
Eszter the Turkish guards are increased 10
who!s fcgimens. 50 that & IS diticult to make
ore5 wy through them 70 reach the Interior
ol tAo church.
VARIOUS Rival sKcrs
In the church TIE Latin Franciscans al
tcrnate With tLs Gr-cS monks ia ths perfor-
nance Of snazss, and sometimes sifruitaneous
masses are performed BY priests Standing
within few feet Of each other. The lamps
with which the shrines are decorated have
been aQportioned % the different BODIES
Latin Greek. Armenian and Coptic-s0 that
they nay aos c0uae INTO eonflict In lighting
the place. The greatest and most unpleasant
szeitezasnt b reached at the time of the
descending of tie holy Orc, which IL believed
49, 49,. .. .f. a -
and - - received By priest. Il always
arrives ~ a certain hour OF a certain day,
end ia arrival Is waited for BY crowd
which surrounds the plzce waiting FOR many
hours Whca received. every one present
scais 20 llSAt his canllle in the nsTac; and
risancrs imHncdafcly SET forth 20 every part
of the land. seeking eoootaln the prizes which
aro offered 90 those who Grst arrive at the
outlying VILLAGES
The he,h Oh che Church OF the Holy Sepui-
cher and on the Mount OK Olives are rtng by
tao rival sr-t2 apparently only Tor tho pur-
pose q expressing their unkind feelings
They never sound ia harmony. they never
ring a ci1iIne. although they are G..ed TO 90
-. but they continually raise IN the ears OF
tho ecntonptuous MoaRmmellan their TN
p.easant sounfs.
'.Tbero Is In jerusalem AZ the present time
rensarkabie American colony, which Il was
uy priviic..s carefully 20 exan.iuc About
twenty polsons arrived IN jerusalem in the
yenr 1881. having gone mostly from The city
Of Chicago. wkere some of their humber bad
been active Christian workers lsslder Moody
Art where they had been led 10 think thar
they could DO more good by going % The Holy
Land On their wa ogt thcy reccived some
accossions from ENGLAND. Among their num-
Der = ar. r. J SpaGord, once . leading Chi
ego lawyer. another. Capt. Sylvester, wns
formerly Ok tho English arrsy. another was a
clergyman q the Church Of Enyiaad, who
visited tas Holy Land ia co-apany with the
lsle Gen 0orrion AM ~ho decided 20 remain
with these people. another Is a venerable
iady, the widow of a colonel of the Unlted
States re-',lar army. Al are most deeply
sntersstel IN their work, and share and have
n common purse. and now have become
tn0vn Tar and wide through the region, be
carss they make 40 profession q faith, but
simply acknowledge their aliegiancc 90 Christ
ana express by constant deeds their desire to
love t6slr nsighbors ss themselves
JEWS gRoN ARABIA
"SySe1 they first arrived in Pslessin an in
trrrstiar m i~ration of Jews had inst taken
place from Arabia About 500 Jews. called
Ternknites. snd believed by thsuselves - bs
the remnant q the tribe q Cab. had moved
frora the desert ia which The tribe had ions
hod i.s horse. ard had come - the Holy land.
They ara srau in stature. delicate in fen
turcs ebol.y FREQ from the money changing
disposis'or. rrstefai Tor every kindness, and
eg1nroefr la. .sllikc IN their characters They
were lying. whom the AFnericans arrived. in
the fsifs ocfaiJc Of the city with no one %
care f1r them. The Americans Immediately
be-an Co rrrpars daily ratiors q soup for
them, 60 tsnd ths sick ard IN every way 20
watch over ther1 according 70 their ability.
At the present tinie thc Temanites have e.
tahi,sho.i themselves in prosperous colony
seaith 81 The villsire 81 Sloan and iu their
sTna-crur every rpe,s they have prayer in
which horatso Spa.r1rli and his friends arc
mentioned. ard ,he divine Blessing .s invoked
urcn ths1a far eteir manY good deeds
The house of these An1erlcaus : daily
visitsi By persore coming from al parts Of
the land. e. inc1ire into this wonderful phe-
ncaseucn. The Eeiruins of ths desert lean
their ta1 s-ea-g against tie ~ail. aud sre
cordially rricsvned sni occFpT rcorn in
the houses al lcn- es they desire ta remain.
ard ear Americans. goirx faarlessiy sSross
tie Jrrlrn. have returned Theses VISITS and
BEEN rereir-i With ere utmost Kindness, ard
have nzi ass .rfIrence ever the hves = the
F.s'ouias Ftev tesf especially with the
f4lern a-fe. Ir1g knowa to Be Che
fr-rst ei-s .a.s cf tAa Jerian- The f,i2-
hfa. rr rc-sans clsss cf tse ccurtrT. frd ~
vfrs here r. eer5 Tslscue SO evening
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